US6008983AExpiredUtility

Adjusting device for a screen of a computer

Priority: Jul 29, 1997Filed: Jul 29, 1997Granted: Dec 28, 1999
Est. expiryJul 29, 2017(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Jung-Chuan Yen
G06F 1/1683Y10S248/917G06F 1/1624G06F 1/1616G06F 1/1656Y10S248/918G06F 1/1679
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Claims

Abstract

An adjusting device for a screen of a computer includes a keyboard and a screen combined together with the adjusting device for adjusting the position of the screen from the keyboard and a sloping angle of the screen to the keyboard to suit to different size of a user. The device includes two support bars pivotally connected between the screen and two bottom bars fitting and movable in the bottom of the keyboard in a preset distance from the keyboard. Then the dimensions of the keyboard to sit on a table may be increased to stabilize the computer securely. Further, the angle of the screen to the keyboard can be adjusted by pivotal connection of the support bars with the screen and also with the bottom bars.

Claims

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What is claimed is: 
     
       1. An adjusting device for a screen of a computer comprising: a keyboard having a latch respectively at two--right and left--sides of a front side, a guide slot in a bottom of an elongate recess provided respectively in two sides of a bottom of said keyboard, and a battery chamber formed in one side for containing a battery as power for said computer;   a screen having a lateral bar respectively at two opposite--right and left--sides of a front side to engage with said latches of said keyboard, a pair of recesses formed respectively in two sides in an upper surface, a pair of support bars having their upper ends pivotally connected with an upper end of each said recess for said support bars to rest therein, each said support bar having its lower end pivotally connected with a respective vertical side wall of each of said bottom bars, a lateral plate connected between said two bottom bars to move together, each said bottom bar having a guide screw fixed at an inner end, each said guide screw fitting and able to move in each said guide slot of said keyboard.   
     
     
       2. The adjusting device for a screen of a computer as claimed in claim 1, wherein said keyboard and said screen respectively have a grip pivotally fixed on a front side, and a curved recess in a bottom surface of said keyboard and an upper side of said screen for each said grip to rest in case of putting away said computer. 
     
     
       3. The adjusting device for a screen of a computer as claimed in claim 1, wherein an elongate bar is fixed on a rear side of said keyboard for a lower end of said screen to sit thereon in case of said screen swung open for use.

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